Wynne is a surname of

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

origin. This is a list of notable people with the surname, sorted by profession:

Art, literature, and music

* Bill Wynne (1922–2021), American photographer and writer *

David Wynne (composer) David Wynne (2 June 1900 – 23 March 1983) was a prolific Welsh composer, who taught for many years at Cardiff University and wrote much of his best-known music in retirement. Life and career Christened David William Thomas, he was born at Na ...

(1900–1983), Welsh composer * David Wynne (sculptor) (1926–2014), British sculptor * Frank Wynne (born 1962), Irish translator and writer * Ed Wynne (born 1961), British musician and son of sculptor David Wynne *

Ed Wynne (saxophonist) The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band from San Jose, California. Formed in the fall of 1970, the group was originally a quartet that featured lead vocalist and guitarist Tom Johnston, guitarist and second vocalist Patrick Simmons, bassi ...

, musician with the Doobie Brothers * Gladys Wynne, Irish watercolour artist *

Giustiniana Wynne Giustiniana Wynne (later Countess Rosenberg-Orsini; Venice, 21 January 1737Padua, 22 August 1791) was an Anglo-Venetian author. She features in the memoirs of Casanova and had a long secret love affair with Andrea Memmo, one of the last statesmen ...

(1737–1791), Anglo-Venetian author, aka Countess Orsini-Rosenberg of Austria * Madeline Yale Wynne (1847−1918), American artist, teacher, and philanthropist *

Michael Wynne (playwright) Michael Wynne is an Olivier Award winning playwright and screenwriter. Early life Wynne was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside. He attended St Peter's Primary School and St Benedict's Secondary School. He studied Politics at Queen Mary College, Uni ...

, British playwright * Philippé Wynne (1941–1984), American R&B vocalist *Richard Wynne (c.1821–1895), Australian arts benefactor, established

Wynne Prize The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. As one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne. Now held concurrently with the Sir John Sulman Prize ...

* Wynne (rapper) (born 1997), American rapper

Athletes

Ian Wynne Ian Wynne (born 30 November 1973) is a British sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Athens in 2004. In the same year he won the silver medal i ...

(born 1973), British flatwater canoeist *

John Wynne (ice hockey) John Wynne (born February 8, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Career Wynne played with Canada men's national ice hockey team during the 1994–95 season. He then attended the University of Waterloo, where he exce ...

(born 1971), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Marvell Wynne (baseball player) (born 1959), American baseball outfielder * Marvell Wynne (soccer) (born 1986), American football player *

Susan Wynne Susan Elizabeth "Susie" Wynne (born March 6, 1965 in Syracuse, New York) is an American former ice dancing, ice dancer and current figure skating analyst and commentator. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Joseph Druar. The duo won the ...

(fl. 1987–94), American figure skater

Law, military, and politics

* Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne (1846–1936), British army general from Ireland *

Edward Wynne (chancellor) Edward Wynne (1681 – 30 June 1755) of Plas Bodewryd, Bodewryd, Anglesey, was a Welsh lawyer and landowner, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, an advocate at Doctors' Commons, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Hereford (1707–55) who has been reg ...

(1681–1755), Welsh lawyer and landowner * Edward Wynne (colonial governor) (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1621–26), early Newfoundland colonist, proprietary governor of the Ferryland colony from 1621 to 1626 *

Edward Wynne (jurist) Edward Wynne (baptised 25 February 1734 – 27 December 1784) was an English lawyer and scholar. Life Wynne was the son of William Wynne, sergeant-at-law, and was baptised at St Clement Danes, London on 25 February 1734. He was admitted as a ...

(1734–1784), English lawyer and scholar *

Edward Wynne-Pendarves Edward William Wynne Pendarves (6 April 1775 – 26 June 1853) was an English politician. Born Edward William Stackhouse, he was son of John Stackhouse and his wife Susanna Acton. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Cornwall fro ...

(1775–1853), British politician *

Greville Wynne Greville Maynard Wynne (19 March 1919 – 28 February 1990) was a British engineer and businessman recruited by MI6 because of his frequent travel to Eastern Europe. He acted as a courier to transport top-secret information to London from S ...

(1919–90), British spy *

Kathleen Wynne Kathleen O'Day Wynne ( ; born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2003 and sat as the ...

(born 1953), Canadian politician - Premier of Ontario * Khalid Shameem Wynne (1953–2017), Pakistani four-star general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee *

Michael Wynne Michael Walter Wynne (born September 4, 1944) is an American politician and business executive and was the 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked for and received his resignation (and that of Chief ...

(born 1944), American businessman, Secretary of the Air Force *

Robert Wynne The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1851–1922), American politician *

Robert Wynne (Virginia politician) Robert Wynne (1622–1675) was a Virginia politician and landowner. He was one of the men representing Charles City County in the House of Burgesses from 1658 until 1675, and in 1658 and during the Colony's "Long Parliament" fellow burgesses select ...

(1622–75), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses *

William Watkin Edward Wynne William Watkin Edward Wynne (23 December 1801 – 9 June 1880) was a Welsh Conservative Party politician and antiquarian. Life Wynne was born on 23 December 1801 in Denbighshire, Wales, and educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, O ...

(1801–1880), Welsh politician and antiquarian

Other

Angus G. Wynne Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. (January 9, 1914 – March 12, 1979) was an American businessman. He was the founder of Wynnewood Shopping Center and community development in Oak Cliff, a residential and commercial district south of downtown Dallas. ...

(1914–1979), American businessman, founder of Six Flags theme parks *

Arthur Wynne Arthur Wynne (June 22, 1871January 14, 1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle. Early life Arthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871, in Liverpool, England, and lived on Edge Lane for a time. His father was the editor of ...

(1862–1945), English-American inventor of the crossword puzzle *

Arthur Beavor Wynne Arthur Beavor Wynne (15 October 1837 – 22 December 1906) was an Anglo-Irish geologist who worked in Geological Survey of India. He worked on stratigraphy of the Himalayas, and the geology of parts of western India. He was born in Sligo, the so ...

(1837–1906), Irish geologist * Billy Wynne (1919-2000), Church of Ireland cleric & founder of the Samaritans in Ireland *

Ellis Wynne Ellis Wynne (7 March 1671 – 13 July 1734) was a Welsh clergyman and author. He is remembered mainly for one of the most important and influential pieces of Welsh-language literature. Life Born in Lasynys Fawr () near Harlech, Gwynedd, Wynn ...

(1671–1734), Welsh clergyman *

Emanuel Wynne Emanuel Wynn (fl. 1700) was a French pirate of the 17th century who is often considered the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger. History Wynn began his piratical career raiding English merchantmen off the coast of the Province of Carolina near t ...

(fl. c. 1700), French pirate *

Henry John Wynne Henry John Wynne (1864-1950) was a railways signals engineer in Scotland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Wynne was born in Worcester, England in 1864, and was apprenticed to the manufacturer of railways signalling equipment McKenzie and Hollan ...

(1864–1950), New Zealand engineer *

Jane Wynne Jane Margery Wynne FRCP (8 December 1944 – 18 June 2009) was an English community paediatrician. An authority on child abuse and handicap, she lectured at the University of Leeds and ran courses teaching paediatricians to identify signs of ...

(1944–2009), English paediatrician *

Jay Wynne Jay Wynne (born c.1968) is a former BBC Weather forecaster, appearing mainly on BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, BBC World and BBC One. He was a main weather presenter on the BBC Ten O'Clock News, and occasionally the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BB ...

(fl. since 1994), British television & radio weather forecaster *

Lyman Wynne Lyman C. Wynne (1923–2007) was an American psychiatrist and psychologist with a special interest in schizophrenia. His early research helped lay the foundation for family-based therapies,Carey, Benedict. "Lyman Wynne, 83, a Leader in Research o ...

(1925–2007), American psychiatrist and psychologist * Owen Wynne (disambiguation), several people of this name * George Robert Wynne (1833-1912), Church of Ireland cleric and author

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